FICTION
Midwestern Gothic
The Masters Review
NONFICTION
Construction Magazine
- “The Urgency of Education Reform”
- “Let’s Treat Teachers Like the Professionals They Are”
- “Why Race to the Top Is as Potentially Damaging as NCLB”
- “Giving Students Room to Learn”
- “The Real Achievement Gap”
- “The Engagement Gap”
- “Why the United States Needs Teachers’ Unions”
Los Angeles Times
- “Young teacher might just be perfect for new school”
- “Locke: Teacher needs several personalities”
- “Managing a class that’s a handful”
- “The ‘handful’ class has become my favorite”
- “Teaching high school students to write about themselves”
- “High school students speak with intolerance”
- “The fall months of exhaustion are worth it”
San Mateo Daily Journal
I wrote over 50 articles for the SMDJ between 2006 and 2007. The complete archive for these articles can be found here. A sampling of these articles is listed below:
Rachael lives, works, and writes in Los Angeles. Her writing has previously appeared in The Los Angeles Times, her short stories have twice won the Crombie Allan Award, and an excerpt from her manuscript, KING, was long-listed for the SFWP fiction prize. She is a current MFA candidate at Antioch University. 
